Clothes-drier.



H. W. SAUBBR.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED .APR.5.1909.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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CLOTHES-DRIER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT W. SAUBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lyons, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Briers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for supporting clothes while they are drying and, more particularly, to the variety of driers involving arms for supporting the clothes adapted to be spread out for placing them. in condition for use and drawn together in folded condition when not in use; and my object is to provide improvements in the devices of the character set forth to the end of rendering them more desirable for use in the household.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a drier constructed in accordance with. my invention and showing the arms of the drier in extended position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the arms in folded condition. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my improved drier showing it in the position represented in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken at the line 4 on Fig. 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, the arm represented being shown in withdrawn position by dotted representation; and Fig. 5, a broken view in sectional elevation taken at the line 5 on Fig. 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

My improved drier comprises, generally stated, a supporting-plate 6 at which the device is adapted to be secured flatwise against a wall or other support to which it is desired that it be fastened, a plurality of verticallydisposed casings 7 and 8 carried by the plate 6, heads 9 slidable in the casings, and arms 10 carried by said heads and so connected therewith as hereinafter described, as to cause them to be projected out of the open tops of the casings to position them for use and drawn into the latter at will by sliding the heads up and down therein.

Each head 9, as preferably constructed, is formed of two separable sections 11 and 12 secured together by a screw 13 passing through a centrally disposed lug 14 carried by the section 12 and screwing into the section 11, the section 12 being of inverted cupshape as represented, whereby an annular space 15 is afforded between these sections. The sections 11 are provided with depending arms 16 of elbow shape which extend at Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 5, 1909.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 488,086.

their outer ends through vertically disposed slots 17 contained in the front portions of the casing-walls and carry beyond the latter knobs 18 through the medium of which the operator may raise and lower the heads 9 in the casings at will with the results hereinbefore set forth.

The arms 10 extend at their inner ends, which are of reduced size as represented, through slots 19 contained in the curved edge portions of the sections 12 and carry heads 20 of spherical shape which are confined in the spaces 15 between the sections of the heads, and thus are flexibly connected with the latter through a connection of the ball-and-socket type, whereby the arms may be drawn into the casing or projected therefrom to extend them in a horizontal plane at will by raising and lowering the heads 11, the heads 20 of the arms bearing against the curved surfaces of the sections 12 permitting the arms to be operated with comparative ease.

I prefer to position the casing 8 between and. a short distance forward of the casings 7 and extend the former somewhat above the tops of the latter, whereby the casing 8 may be provided with a relatively large number of arms as compared with those carried by the casings 7, and thus provision is made for the supporting of a maximum number of clothes in a given space, the arm 16 depending from the head 9 in the casing 8 being of a sufficient length to permit the slots 17 in all of the casings to be of uniform length and similarly disposed.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing description that the heads 9 when moved to the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4, extend a slight distance above the tops of the casings containing them and thus permit the arms 10 to rest thereon and extend in horizontal position as represented. Upon lowering the heads in the casings the arms will turn upon the upper edges thereof as a fulcrum and will thus be swung upward to vertical position and be completely drawn into the casings. To prevent undue leverage exerted by the upper edges of the casings against the arms 1n moving the latter to closed position, I bevel the upper edges of the casings and the inner end portions of the arms 10, as represented at 21 and 22, respectively. Each of the casings is preferably provided with a cover 23 for its open top hingedly connected thereto and adapted, by

reason of extending into the path of movement of the upper ends of the arms 10, to be raised when the heads 9 are raised for eX tending these arms to position them for use' By disposing the casings 7 and 8 as described, the arms supported on the intermediate casing may be arranged thereon as illustrated to overlap the arms carried by the casings 7 and thus clothes may be supported on both tiers of arms without interference with each other, whereby the maximum number of clothes may be supported for drying in a given space.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A clothes-drier of the character set forth, comprising a suitably-supported casing open at its top, a head formed of sections secured together and slidable in said casing, said sections being so constructed as to allord a space between them with spaced. slots in the walls of said head communicating with said space, and a plurality of arms carrying spherical heads on their inner ends and extending through said slots and confined at their spherical heads in the space provided in szlrid first-named head, for the purpose set ort 1.

2. A clothes-drier of the character set forth, comprising a suitably-supported casing open at its top, a head formed of two sections secured together and slidable in said casing, one of said sections being of inverted cup-shape to afford a space between said sections, and formed with slots at its curved portion opening into the space between said sections, and a plurality of arms carrying spherical heads on their inner ends and eX- tending through said slots and confined at their spherical heads in the space provided in said first-named head, for the purpose set forth.

3. A clothes-drier of the character set forth, comprising a suitably-supported casing open at its top, a head slidable in said casing, and a plurality of arms flexibly con nected with said head at their inner ends, the upper edge of said casing being beveled downwardly and the portions of the arms adjacent to such beveled edge being beveled in the opposite direction, for the purpose set forth.

HERBERT W. SAUBER. In presence of- RALPH SOHAEFER, JOHN WILSON. 

